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SUBMITTER: Yuan G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5307955 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yuan Guohua G Chen Lei L Feng Junsheng J Yang Guobin G Ni Qingwen Q Xu Xiaoping X Wan Chunyan C Lindsey Merry M Donly Kevin J KJ MacDougall Mary M Chen Zhi Z Chen Shuo S
Scientific reports 20170214
Dentin sialoprotein (DSP) is essential for dentinogenesis and processed into fragments in the odontoblast-like cells and the tooth compartments. Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) is expressed in teeth from early embryonic to adult stage. Although MMP9 has been reported to be involved in some physiological and pathological conditions through processing substrates, its role in tooth development and whether DSP is a substrate of MMP9 remain unknown. In this study, the function of MMP9 in the tooth ...[more]